the big heat is on its way. that heat index value, which previously dropped as the storms came through, now bouncing back up, feeling like 93 down there and 104 in d.c. it. is hot in the nation's capital. you see the scattered storm activity. the east coast, in general, is relatively quiet, but is a hot humid pattern that's set up as one of those that you get heat driven afternoon storms. likely, we'll see that by the middle part of the weekend. the next couple of days high pressure will move in. it's a tropical high. s that comes in, it will not cool us off. it will heat itself up. we're talking about extreme heat thursday, friday, even saturday. the humidity levels are already sky high. new orleans style humidity i like to call it. a real steamer tonight and the next several nights. looks like hit or miss showers or storms. tomorrow looks relatively dry. thursday looks dry and extremely hot with a few storms south, tropical storm bret looks to stay well offshore. tonight 76, up to 94. that's going to be the co